Animal activists have accused a controversial petting zoo in a New Jersey mall of pulling a secret sloth swap — replacing “Flash” with a furry doppelgänger of the same name after his untimely demise.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... An animal cruelty trial involving a sloth who twice burned his face on a heat lamp at SeaQuest Littleton is scheduled for Sept 30 in Jefferson County.

Raymond Persi pulls double-duty on the Academy Award-nominated "Zootopia" as both a story artist and as the voice of the sloth named Flash. Persi says he got the role after providing a temporary -- or ...